Can i use a single full file from a chain for dr.

[marcottt]

Hy, my customer need to copy sometimes a full file to tape for dr.
My question, maybe stupid but wanna be' sure, is: Can i copy a random choose full file from a incremental (or riverse incremental) and geti it on tale for dr solution? This single file Can be' imported in case of disaster without the previous incremental chain?

This is important because if is not true i need to male a second "short" job to reduce the files to copy on tape.

Thanks
Marco

[dellock6]

Hi Marco,
every VBK file is a full and self-sufficient backup file, go with it

Luca.

[foggy]

Hello, Marco. Yes, any single full backup file (VBK) can be offloaded to tape and then imported for recovery in case of disaster. In this case you will be able to restore to this single restore point (the day when this full backup was created).

Could you please clarify your customer's scenario? How often does he need to offload backups to tape?

[marcottt]

thanks to all,
my customer need to offload a full backup sometimes, about 4 weeks but now thanks to veeam i'll give him possibility to offload after a weekend every week.
Some times ago i tried in lab a replication seeding and was some problem with the only vbk file for the seed, without the previous incremental file, but was a test in a cheap lab so many problem maybe generated the issue.
I do this post because maybe normal than a singole vbk is full and self-sufficient backup file but i wanna be sure of this becasue in the IT world not always normal situation are effective true.
So my customer can do a single job with about 40 point in time one at night and a full every weekend. I'll say to him to offload to tape the last vbk every monday.
Thanks to all

Marco